Hart's Mill

This article is about the flour mill complex in Port Adelaide. For the settlement in Wisconsin once called "Hart's Mill", see Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Hart's Mill is a former flour mill complex located on a bend in the Port River, in the north-western corner of Port Adelaide, South Australia. Now partially restored, it has become the suburb's cultural hub.^[1][2][3]

Hart's Mill
Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company Mill
The Adelaide Milling Company building, part of the Hart's Mill complex, at sunset in 2015.
General information
Town or city	Port Adelaide
Country	Australia
Height	14.6 m (47.9 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	5

It has been listed as a state heritage place on the South Australian Heritage Register since 27 May 2004. Its significance is described as follows:^[4]

Built c. 1889, this substantial mill building is associated with the development of the wheat industry in South Australia in the latter part of the 19th century and specifically with the export of flour from the state through Port Adelaide. It is a rare example of a purpose-built late 19th century flour mill in South Australia, and when considered with the adjacent 1855 Hart's Mill, provides the only known example of two generations of flour mill buildings surviving on one site. The Packing Shed is an uncommon surviving example of an ancillary milling industry building. (HB Assessment Report 12/03)

Background

John Hart, the namesake of "Hart's Mill".

After his final voyage to England in 1846 John Hart settled near Port Adelaide, where he joined with H. Kent Hughes as merchants Hughes and Hart then, as Hart & Company, established large and successful flour mills. The flour mill at Port Adelaide, now colloquially referred to as Hart's Mill, was regarded as one of the best, and "Hart's Flour" commanded the highest prices in Australia.^[5]

John Hart & Co. merged with the Adelaide Milling Co. in 1882.^[6]

References

1. Art to light up Port landmark Hart’s Mill to mark the launch of new markets Portside Messenger, 9 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
2. Port Day family event expected to attract 2000 people on Saturday Portside Messenger, 26 March 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
3. How Laneway Festival will be 'bigger and better' in 2018, on the back of a record crowd Portside Messenger, 6 February 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
4. "Former Adelaide Milling Company Flour Mill, including southern annexe and former Motor Room, Packing Shed (brick and iron facade only), Stone Wall to west of Hart's (1855) Mill and remnant southern masonry wall east of Adelaide Milling Company Mill". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
5. Heaton, J. H. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time George Robertson, Sydney, 1879
6. "OBITUARY". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 30 September 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 17 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• South Australian History Hub - Hart's Mill complex
• Hart's Mill Project
• Out Port - Hart's Mill

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